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Abstract:
The Breakfast Club program is operated by the Suicide Prevention Resource Centre, with PACE (Providing Assistance, Counseling and Education) as the incorporated host agency. The mission of the Suicide Prevention Resource Centre is to prevent/reduce suicide, suicidal behaviour and their effects by promoting positive alternatives and providing support throughout the region.
The Breakfast Club is a service for adolescents, their families or caregivers and communities in the region. The goal of the program is to promote healthier functioning for teens, 13 to 17 years of age, who are having trouble coping with problems in their lives; this includes adolescents who are involved in drugs or alcohol, making poor decisions, depressed, suicidal, etc. The Breakfast Club is client oriented; both the content and presentations are adapted to suit the needs, level of understanding and risk level of each group of participants.
The program is based on the belief that giving adolescents the opportunity to work on their problems, to learn new coping skills and to build social support will enable them to make more appropriate choices and be more resilient to crisis.
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Project Director:
Suicide Prevention Resource Centre
201, 10124-101 Avenue
Grande Prairie, Alberta
T8V 0Y2
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Key Components
The program delivers:
- 5 weekend retreats per year
- parent appreciation brunch
- summer Beats community retreat in July
- three to four one-day workshops throughout the year in different communities
- 5 weeks of follow-up groups,
- a parent information night,
- an ongoing monthly support group,
- individual support,
- public education presentations in junior and senior high schools.
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Use of traditions or ceremonies
Participants use the medicine wheel to create their own personal care wheel, which focuses on the core and the four elements: physical, mental, spiritual and emotional. In addition, referrals are made to other indigenous community programs as necessary.
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Role of Elders
We have access to an elder in our community to assist with any aboriginal teachings as well as one of current facilitators who is Aboriginal and very knowledgeable about Aboriginal culture.
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Role of youth
Youth participate in sessions throughout the weekend retreat, watch the movie, “The Breakfast Club”, engage in icebreaking and team building exercises, and help with rule setting. The sessions, which are designed to increase social support and coping skills, include games and activities. Facilitators present information on the retreat topics and participants engage in some group and some individual processing.
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Evaluation Design
The Breakfast Club currently uses the Reynolds Adolescent Depression and Suicidal Ideation Questionnaire, Beck's Hopelessness Scale, A-COPE and our own Interview Schedule as screening tools prior to the retreat. The program administers the Interview Schedule, A-COPE and Beck's Hopelessness Scale on a pre-test and post-test basis as part of our ongoing evaluation the impact of the retreats and the follow-up groups.
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Evaluation Results
Outcome measures used include: parent/guardian feedback telephone survey, post-retreat evaluation and follow up interviews.
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Resources
Breakfast Club program manual, wallet cards, posters, brochures and business cards, display materials.
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Funding Information
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Grantee Contact
Stephanie Power
Program Coordinator, Suicide Prevention Resource Centre
201, 10124-101 Avenue
Grande Prairie, Alberta
T8V 0Y2
Phone
780-539-7142
Fax
780-539-6574
Email
bclub@sp-rc.ca
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Information Last Updated: 2007-06-07
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